University of Kentucky Embraces Ivermectin & Other Experimental Medications in ‘Pick-the-Winner’ COVID-19 Trial

Clinical leaders from the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center College of Medicine and College of Pharmacy are now embarking on a novel path to investigate COVID-19 therapies. In a first in the United States, a major academic medical center has taken on Ivermectin as an experimental therapy targeting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19—along with azithromycin and camostat mesylate. These drugs all could potentially inhibit replication of SARS-CoV-2. All three of these therapies will be tested alone or in combination with the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine. In a “pick-the-winner” trial, innovation and pragmatic experimentation meet clinical research collaboration in the Bluegrass State.


